Archbishop Thabo Makgoba pleased with number of tainted politicians stepping aside

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Archbishop Thabo Makgoba pleased with number of tainted politicians stepping aside.

"Having been very critical at Easter of the failure of past parliaments to hold the executive accountable, I am particularly pleased to see that a number of people on party lists against whom serious allegations have been made have withdrawn their names from consideration at this stage," he said.

"I hope others will follow their example, not because they have been found guilty but because their names need to be cleared before they can credibly represent our people. "We need morally astute parliamentarians who represent our country's finest values and who will act in the interests of the nation as a whole."

Among those who elected not to take up seats in the National Assembly this week were Baleka Mbete and Malusi Gigaba.

 

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